I have been investing as a "side hustle" since 2017, mainly in FOREX. In 2020 I decided to leverage my "day job" skills and explore algorithmic trading as a way to expand my trading universe. As a "day job" I am a Senior Principal Data Scientist at a software company, driving the ML and data science development of solutions across business verticals. 20+ years of international experience in academic and industrial research, with a broad experience in data acquisition and measurement technology, sensors, time-series analysis, and data-quality assessment.